different between lancet vs cephalochordate

English

Alternative forms

• launcet (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English launcet, from Old French lancete, a diminutive of lance .

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /l??n.s?t/
• (US, Canada, Northern England) IPA^(key): /læn.s?t/

Noun

lancet (plural lancets)

1. A sharp, pointed, two-edged surgical instrument used in venesection and for opening abscesses etc.
2. A small, sterile single-use needle used to draw a drop of blood for testing, as with a glucometer.
3. (metallurgy) An iron bar used for tapping a melting furnace.

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4. (architecture) A high narrow window, terminating in an arch acutely pointed, often double or triple, common in the first half of the 13th century.

Hyponyms

• (sharp surgical instrument): fleam

Derived terms

• lancet arch
• (ichthyological): lancetfish

Translations

Verb

lancet (third-person singular simple present lancets, present participle lanceting, simple past and past participle lanceted)

1. To pierce with a lancet.

References

Anagrams

• cantel, cantle, cental

Middle English

Noun

lancet

1. Alternative form of launcet

English

Etymology

From New Latin Cephalochordata, cephalo- +? chordate.

Noun

cephalochordate (plural cephalochordates)

1. Any of the primitive fishlike creatures, of the subphylum Cephalochordata, including the lancelets, that lack a true spine but have a notochord which, in the case of cephalochordates, reaches into the head, contrary to the Urochordata

Adjective

cephalochordate (not comparable)

1. Of or pertaining to these creatures.